In a 2022 interview, the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk said that she returns to it every few years. “It’s interesting to see a ...

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The Empusium, Olga Tokarczuk’s retelling of The Magic Mountain, may not be as compelling as her earlier works – but the prose ...

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Instead, The Empusium is an emphatic triumph – a feast of culture, both literary and popular, highbrow and low, that shows ...

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The Empusium explores similar themes to Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, blending horror, comedy and feminism with brilliant ...

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August is a lot of things: it’s uncomfortably hot, it’s National Panini Month and it’s somehow already time for your kids to go back to school. But August is also Women in Translation Month, a yearly ...

Military officials are alerting about looters targeting the property of flood victims in Poland. Nighttime patrols equipped ...

Sally Rooney, Tony Tulathimutte, and more of the season’s best fiction, paired with Chanel, Khaite, The Row, and more.

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